University At Buffalo & Integrity Partners For Behavioral Health Partner To Improve Mental Health Outcomes In Rural Communities

The University at Buffalo (UB) School of Social Work and the university’s Department of Biostatistics will partner with a local behavioral health care collaborative over the next two years creating a data warehouse, a system that collects and analyzes information, that will improve outcomes and reduce costs for mental health and substance use treatment services in the underserved rural areas of New York State. Integrity Partners for Behavioral Health IPA (IPBH) works with 14 local governments and 11 community-based organizations in Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, and Wayne counties.

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